SANTER, JACQUES

(Jean Jacques Santer)zhäN zhäk säNtĕrˈ, 1937–, Luxembourg political leader and European statesman. A lawyer and economist, he entered politics as a member of the Christian Social party in 1965 and later held several ministerial posts, notably finance minister (1979–84). Santer became Luxembourg's prime minister in 1984 and served until 1995, when he became president of the European Commission, the European Union's executive body. He and the rest of the commissioners resigned in 1999 as a result of financial scandals involving the European Commission.

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...news and analysis of his successors appointments Jacques Santer in 1994; Romano Prodi in 1999 received far more media...or the normal and ultimately failed leadership of a Jacques Santer 1995-9 , or a Gaston Thorn. Legitimacy, of course...
...participating in the selection of Jacques Santer 36...Against this backdrop in 1995, Jacques Santer, then Commission President, initiated...introduced by Commission President Jacques Santer after his appointment in 1995...
...Resistance in 1980s Europe 152 The United States and Globalization: Challenges to Europe 152 Monsieur Jacques Delors Meets Europe 157 Chapter 8 Mrs. Thatcher, Europe, and the Reform of Britain 164 Mrs...
...Parliament group line-up for or against Jacques Santer (20 July 1994) 106 Table...example, the Commission President, Jacques Santer, was forced to take the BSE (bovine...the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Jacques Santer, was chosen to chair the college...
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...Commission headed by President Jacques Santer) and one of `favouritism...in 1995 the choice of Jacques Santer as European Commission...British believed that Santer was `a pair of safe hands...agenda of his predecessor, Jacques Delors. The appointment...
...on by then Commission President Jacques Santer and then Euro Commissioner Yves-Thibault...Spending; Finance Ministers Balk at Santers Demand for Reduced Deficits, INTL...support of the French President, Jacques Chirac. See Robert Graham, French...
...Fischer (12 mai 2000) et de Jacques Chirac (27 juin 2000) qui embrasserent...collective de la Commission Santer en mars 1999 demontrerent le...sociale (1985), inspire par Jacques Delors (et Francois Mitterrand...dEtats-nations >> desiree par Jacques Delors et Lionel Jospin (par...
...Slavoj Zizek, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Derrida, and Niels Logstrup...Political Theology, with Eric Santer and Kenneth Reinhard. Chicago...Levinas, 1989, 34. (25.) Jacques Rolland, "Getting Out of Being...Political Theology, with Eric Santer and Kenneth Reinhard (Chicago...
...Accordingly Commission President Santer confirmed in the European Parliament...September 1998. (23) General Jacques Allard, "LOtan et lAfrique du nord...29) Statement of President Jacques Santer at the European Parliament on French...
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...President of the European Commission, Jacques Santer; and President Bill Clinton of...President of the European Commission, Jacques Santer. Presidents, ladies and gentlemen...drug traffickers. As President Santer says they should have no place...
...THE circumstances in which Jacques Santer, Premier of Luxembourg, was appointed...years and can be reselected as Jacques Delors was whose tenth year ends...ironically, be there when Mr. Santer faces his second test. Mr. Santers...
...launch of the single currency, Jacques Santers Commission has fallen apart...product of farce and incompetence. Santer, the rubicund former Luxembourg...reports of corruption and nepotism. Santer usually walks round with a faintly...
...developments and made a first assessment potential impact on the European economy. The European Commission President Jacques Santer said, "We are worried by the evolution of the political, financial, and economic situation in We ask all parties concerned...
...Lubbers had opposed German unification. Kohl then hand-picked Luxembourgs prime minister, Jacques Santer, to succeed Delors and won EU approval for Santer. Kohl also framed the terms on which Russia was associated with NATO and the EU. Germany...
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Jacques Turns His Back on Our Beef; Santer Calls for Computer Tag Scheme...Steve Smith Euro-chief Jacques Santer yesterday snubbed Scotlands best...on our beef will stay. Stubborn Santer, in Scotland for the day, refused...
...British sovereignty to Brussels, Jacques Santer warned John Major yesterday...Brussels were wrong, he said. M Santer went on: `None of our member states...for a clash with French President Jacques Chirac at the Dublin summit...
...in Europe. Commission President Jacques Santer angrily attacked the Premiers conduct...deplorable" hostage- taking. Mr Santer, who has been pressing for the lifting...The unprecedented outburst from Mr Santer reveals the PM has lost the support...
...right to send soldiers into battle, Jacques Santer said last night. It currently...to the Commission President. M Santer, delivering a keynote speech in...missing in the EU structures. M Santer also called for EU governments to...
...lifted by November was shattered by Jacques Santer yesterday. The European Commission...but one must be a realist. Mr Santer accepted that the `mad cow crisis...spokesman Elliot Morley said Mr Santers remarks proved his partys worst...
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SANTER, JACQUES (Jean Jacques Santer)zhaN zhak saNter , 1937 , Luxembourg political leader and European statesman. A lawyer and economist, he entered politics as a member of the Christian Social party in 1965 and later held several ministerial...
...also known as the Maastricht Treaty), both of which provided for a significant expansion of the EUs powers. In 1995, Jacques Santer of Belgium became president of the commission. The entire commission resigned in 1999 amid accusations of financial...
...body, the European Commission (EC), in 1999. In response the ECs executive commission including its president, Jacques Santer , resigned, and a new group of commissioners headed by Romano Prodi was soon installed. In actions taken later...
...Door, Jr., and D. F. Eschman, Geology of Michigan (1970); A. R. Gilpin, Territory of Michigan, 1805 1887 (1971); R. A. Santer, Michigan: Heart of the Great Lakes (1977); L. M. Sommers, ed., Atlas of Michigan (1977) and et al., Michigan: A Geography...
...became grand duke. Since 1995, Jean-Claude Juncker, of the Social Christian party, has been premier; he succeeded Jacques Santer , who became head of the European Unions European Commission . A recent problem in Luxembourg has been the increasing...


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